Dark Owl — Gothic Surrealist Portrait

### Prompt

### IMPORTANT IDENTITY INSTRUCTION

Use the **uploaded person as the main subject**.

Preserve the person's:

- Exact facial identity
- Face shape and proportions
- Eyes, nose, lips, jawline, cheekbones
- Skin tone
- Hair style, hair texture, and hairline
- Facial hair, if present
- Earrings/accessories, if visible
- Distinctive facial characteristics

**Do not turn the person into the reference model.** The reference image is used ONLY for the graphic design, collage composition, lighting treatment, textures, typography, and artistic direction.

The final artwork must clearly look like the **same person from the uploaded photo**
Create a **cinematic dark surrealist editorial portrait** using the **uploaded photo of the male subject as the ONLY identity reference**.

**IMPORTANT IDENTITY INSTRUCTION:**
Preserve the man's exact facial identity from the uploaded photo — including **face shape, facial proportions, eyes, nose, lips, jawline, cheekbones, skin tone, hairstyle, hairline, facial hair, and distinctive facial characteristics**. Do not replace, beautify, feminize, or alter his identity. The final image must clearly look like the same man from the uploaded photograph.

### Composition

Create a vertical **4:5 fashion-editorial composition**. Place the man centrally in the lower-middle portion of the frame, shown from approximately the waist/chest upward. He stands with a calm, mysterious, slightly melancholic expression and a subtle downward/sideward gaze.

Dress him in an **oversized, almost completely black high-fashion coat or long structured black garment**, creating a large dark silhouette around his body. Keep the clothing minimal and dramatic, with very little visible detail.

Surround the subject with **multiple flying owls**, creating a surreal, haunting atmosphere. Include approximately **4–5 owls** at different depths and positions:

- one large owl flying in the upper-right corner with wings fully spread
- one owl flying across the upper-left area with noticeable motion blur
- one owl positioned behind/near the man's left shoulder
- one owl flying beside the man's right shoulder
- additional subtle owl movement in the background

The owls should look **realistic and photographic**, with highly detailed feathers, wings, talons, eyes, and facial features.

### Visual Style

Use a **dark monochromatic grayscale / desaturated charcoal palette** with subtle **deep crimson-red accents**. The overall image should feel like a **luxury fashion campaign mixed with gothic surrealism and experimental album-cover photography**.

Create strong **red-and-black chromatic aberration / RGB ghosting**, especially around the man's silhouette, hair, owls, and moving wings. Add controlled **double-exposure-like motion trails** to some owls, producing the distinctive blurred, haunting movement seen in the reference.

### Lighting

Use extremely moody, low-key cinematic lighting. The man's face should remain visible but partially shadowed, with soft directional illumination across the forehead, nose, cheekbones, and lips.

The background should be a **dark smoky charcoal-gray studio environment**, fading almost seamlessly into black around the edges. Add subtle atmospheric haze and soft shadows.

### Motion & Texture

Give the flying owls **long-exposure motion blur**, slight ghosting, duplicated feather trails, and subtle red/white offset silhouettes while keeping their primary forms recognizable.

Add:

- subtle film grain
- analog photography texture
- soft lens diffusion
- slight vignette
- distressed photographic atmosphere
- gentle haze
- dark shadows
- high contrast
- subtle red light leaks
- restrained chromatic aberration
- imperfect analog motion artifacts

The result should look like a **real photographed fashion editorial**, not a digital illustration.

### Final Aesthetic

**Dark gothic luxury fashion + surreal wildlife photography + cinematic horror atmosphere + experimental analog photography + monochrome editorial campaign.**

The composition should feel mysterious, elegant, unsettling, sophisticated, and dreamlike. Keep the man's identity as the strongest visual priority while making the flying owls and motion effects create the surreal atmosphere.

**Aspect ratio: 4:5, vertical portrait, ultra-detailed, photorealistic, cinematic, editorial photography, high-end fashion campaign, dark surrealism.**

**Negative prompt:** cartoon, anime, illustration, painting, CGI-looking owls, distorted face, altered identity, feminine facial features, extra limbs, duplicate face, deformed hands, plastic skin, oversaturated colors, bright background, smiling expression, excessive clothing detail, low resolution, artificial-looking feathers, poorly formed wings.